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Based on the summary linked in the joint document, both churches recognize mixed marriages, and by this agreement it is safe to say that neither church bans nor prohibits them. There should not be a problem in the nuptials proceeding as announced.

Based on the summary linked in the joint document, both churches recognize mixed marriages, and by this agreement neither bans nor prohibits them. There should not be a problem in the nuptials proceeding as announced.

Based on the joint document, both churches recognize mixed marriages, and by this agreement it is safe to say that neither church bans nor prohibits them. There should not be a problem in the nuptials proceeding as announced.

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The answer to your question looks like "yes" based on interfaith dialogue

It appears that theThe Anglican and Catholic Churches have come to an agreementissued a joint position on "mixed marriages" in 1975.

Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages Final Report (June 1975)

The contracting parties are the ministers of Holy Matrimony. When one party is Anglican it seems to us entirely reasonable that the parties should decide between themselves whether they shall contract marriage before a Roman Catholic minister or before an Anglican minister, and whether in a Roman Catholic or an Anglican church. Therefore we would recommend that, on condition that joint pastoral preparation has been given, and freedom to marry established to the satisfaction of the bishop of the Roman Catholic party and of the competent Anglican authority, the marriage may validly and lawfully take place before the duly authorized minister of the Church of either party. Should a minister of the Church of the other party assist in the solemnization, as he might, on the invitation of the parties and with the concurrence of the local minister, we would hope that he would be assigned an appropriate part of the rite used in that Church and not any addition to it. Again we urged the importance of good pastoral care to enable the spouses (in the words of the Pastoral Constitution of Vatican II) to “experience the meaning of their oneness and attain to it with growing perfection day by day” (Gaudium et Spes, 48) Page 8 of Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages Final Report (June 1975)

The answer to your question looks like "yes" based on interfaith dialogue

The Anglican and Catholic Churches issued a joint position on "mixed marriages" in 1975.

The contracting parties are the ministers of Holy Matrimony. When one party is Anglican it seems to us entirely reasonable that the parties should decide between themselves whether they shall contract marriage before a Roman Catholic minister or before an Anglican minister, and whether in a Roman Catholic or an Anglican church. Therefore we would recommend that, on condition that joint pastoral preparation has been given, and freedom to marry established to the satisfaction of the bishop of the Roman Catholic party and of the competent Anglican authority, the marriage may validly and lawfully take place before the duly authorized minister of the Church of either party. Should a minister of the Church of the other party assist in the solemnization, as he might, on the invitation of the parties and with the concurrence of the local minister, we would hope that he would be assigned an appropriate part of the rite used in that Church and not any addition to it. Again we urged the importance of good pastoral care to enable the spouses (in the words of the Pastoral Constitution of Vatican II) to “experience the meaning of their oneness and attain to it with growing perfection day by day” (Gaudium et Spes, 48) Page 8 of Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages Final Report (June 1975)

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It appears that the Anglican and Catholic Churches have come to an agreement on "mixed marriages" in 1975.

Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages Final Report (June 1975)

Based on the summary linked in the joint document, both churches recognize mixed marriages, and by this agreement neither bans nor prohibits them. There should not be a problem in the nuptials proceeding as announced.


You are incorrect regarding your last presumption.

According to the current Canon Law, the sacrament of marriage is conferred on two baptized people. Since the Roman Catholic Church recognizes the Anglican baptism as using proper Trinitarian form and water, it is a simple matter of adhering to the guidelines contained therein and thus seeking (and most likely receiving) the waiver/dispensation (as I did; I married a Catholic when I was not Catholic). It's not that hard. It can be a difficulty of one of the parties is not willing to accept the three points listed below. (My room mate from college had initial objections when was to marry a young lady who was Catholic and he was not, but they worked it out as part of the pre Cana process).

CHAPTER VI. MIXED MARRIAGES

Can. 1124 Without express permission of the competent authority, a marriage is prohibited between two baptized persons of whom one is baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it after baptism and has not defected from it by a formal act and the other of whom is enrolled in a Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church.

Can. 1125 The local ordinary can grant a permission of this kind if there is a just and reasonable cause. He is not to grant it unless the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1/ the Catholic party is to declare that he or she is prepared to remove dangers of defecting from the faith and is to make a sincere promise to do all in his or her power so that all offspring are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church;

2/ the other party is to be informed at an appropriate time about the promises which the Catholic party is to make, in such a way that it is certain that he or she is truly aware of the promise and obligation of the Catholic party;

3/ both parties are to be instructed about the purposes and essential properties of marriage which neither of the contracting parties is to exclude.

I foundThere is an American side guide to "Anglican/Roman Catholic" mixed marriage guidance, but haveI did not yet found one formfind an equivalent guide for the home country of the Anglican faith.

You are incorrect regarding your last presumption.

According to the current Canon Law, the sacrament of marriage is conferred on two baptized people. Since the Roman Catholic Church recognizes the Anglican baptism as using proper Trinitarian form and water, it is a simple matter of adhering to the guidelines contained therein and thus seeking (and most likely receiving) the waiver/dispensation (as I did; I married a Catholic when I was not Catholic). It's not that hard. It can be a difficulty of one of the parties is not willing to accept the three points listed below. (My room mate from college had initial objections when was to marry a young lady who was Catholic and he was not, but they worked it out as part of the pre Cana process).

CHAPTER VI. MIXED MARRIAGES

Can. 1124 Without express permission of the competent authority, a marriage is prohibited between two baptized persons of whom one is baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it after baptism and has not defected from it by a formal act and the other of whom is enrolled in a Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church.

Can. 1125 The local ordinary can grant a permission of this kind if there is a just and reasonable cause. He is not to grant it unless the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1/ the Catholic party is to declare that he or she is prepared to remove dangers of defecting from the faith and is to make a sincere promise to do all in his or her power so that all offspring are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church;

2/ the other party is to be informed at an appropriate time about the promises which the Catholic party is to make, in such a way that it is certain that he or she is truly aware of the promise and obligation of the Catholic party;

3/ both parties are to be instructed about the purposes and essential properties of marriage which neither of the contracting parties is to exclude.

I found an American side guide to "Anglican/Roman Catholic" mixed marriage guidance, but have not yet found one form the home country of the Anglican faith.

It appears that the Anglican and Catholic Churches have come to an agreement on "mixed marriages" in 1975.

Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages Final Report (June 1975)

Based on the summary linked in the joint document, both churches recognize mixed marriages, and by this agreement neither bans nor prohibits them. There should not be a problem in the nuptials proceeding as announced.


You are incorrect regarding your last presumption.

According to the current Canon Law, the sacrament of marriage is conferred on two baptized people. Since the Roman Catholic Church recognizes the Anglican baptism as using proper Trinitarian form and water, it is a simple matter of adhering to the guidelines contained therein and thus seeking (and most likely receiving) the waiver/dispensation (as I did; I married a Catholic when I was not Catholic). It's not that hard. It can be a difficulty of one of the parties is not willing to accept the three points listed below. (My room mate from college had initial objections when was to marry a young lady who was Catholic and he was not, but they worked it out as part of the pre Cana process).

CHAPTER VI. MIXED MARRIAGES

Can. 1124 Without express permission of the competent authority, a marriage is prohibited between two baptized persons of whom one is baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it after baptism and has not defected from it by a formal act and the other of whom is enrolled in a Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church.

Can. 1125 The local ordinary can grant a permission of this kind if there is a just and reasonable cause. He is not to grant it unless the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1/ the Catholic party is to declare that he or she is prepared to remove dangers of defecting from the faith and is to make a sincere promise to do all in his or her power so that all offspring are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church;

2/ the other party is to be informed at an appropriate time about the promises which the Catholic party is to make, in such a way that it is certain that he or she is truly aware of the promise and obligation of the Catholic party;

3/ both parties are to be instructed about the purposes and essential properties of marriage which neither of the contracting parties is to exclude.

There is an American side guide to "Anglican/Roman Catholic" mixed marriage guidance, but I did not find an equivalent guide for the home of the Anglican faith.

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